Fastening for reflectors upon tubular lanterns



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1 A. P. CANNON. FASTENING FOR REFLEOTORS UPON TUBULAR LANTERNS Patented Mar.20, 1883.

' ATTORNEYS UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ALBERT P. CANNON, OF FARMINGDALE, MAINE.

FASTENING FOVR RsFnEcToas UPON TUBULAR nANTE'RNs.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 274,170, dated March 20, 1883.

Application filed February 10, 1883.

To all whom it may concern I Be it known that I, ALBERT P. CANNON, of Farmingdale, in the county of Kennebec apd Stateot' Maine, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Fastenings for Befiectors upon Tubular Lanterns; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear,

and exact description of the invention, which will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being bad to the accompanying drawings, which form a part of this specification, and in which Figure 1 is a perspective view of a tubular lantern provided with my improved reflector, and Fig. 2 is a similar view of the fastening for the same.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in both the figures.

My invention has relation to fastenings for reflectors upon tubular lanterns; and it consists in the improved construction and combination of parts ofthe same, as hereinafter more fully described and claimed.

The fastening consists of three pieces of stout wire, which are bent and connected in such a manner as to clampthe reflector A, which is circular, and may he of any desired construction as regards concavity or form of reflecting-surface, and to clamp the lower horizontal parts, B, and upper vertical parts, 0, of the tubes of a tubular lantern. The ends D of the upper wire, E, are bent forward and terminate in inwardly-bent hooks F, which clamp the upper parts, C, of the tubes, while the inner portion, G, is coded at its center to form a spring-coil, H, which gives additional springiness to the clamping portions D F, and serves as aueye for suspending the lantern from a nail or hook. Thelower ends, I, ofthe second wire, J, extend forward, and are bent back and again curved forward at K to form clamps for the horizontal lower portions of the tubes, while theirinner portions, L, are doubly bentto receive and hold the lower edges of the reflector. From these bends the wires pass upward, resting against the back of the (ModeL) reflector till they reach the upper edge of the same, where they are bent forward and downward, first forming eyes M, in which the straight portions of wire E rest, and thereupon clamping over the upper ed go of the reflector. These clamping portions N of the wire are again doubled upward, over the edge of the reflector, and downward, slightly rearward, where they are coded at 0, from which the central portion of the wire forms a downward-projectingclamp, P, adapted to be clamped over a bail, flat rail, or other thin horizontal object. The straight parallel portions Q of the wire, which pass-up hack of the reflector, are slightly bent or dented at theirlower portions, adapted to hold the third piece of wire, R, which passes across the back of the reflector and holds the ends of wire J together, the latter passing through eyes S'one in each end of the wirewhich clasp around the dented places in the parts Q.

It will be seen that if one reflector becomes tarnished or otherwise useless a new one may be inserted in a moment of time without the use of any tools, and that the lantern may be suspended orclamped upon any place by'means of the clamp P or coil H, the fastening clamping the lantern rigidly when applied.

Having thus described myiuven tion, I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States The fastening for reflectors upon tubular lanterns, consisting of the piece E, bent to form hooks F and coils H, the piete J, bent to form clamps K at its lower ends, reflector-clamps L aud'N and downward-bent clamp P, and the ALBERT PORTER CANNON.

Witnesses:

MARTIN L. CANNON, A. O. STILPHEN. 

